Primal Park Explained

Primal Park
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mondo Rock
Cover:	Primal Park (Album Cover).jpg
Released:	October 1979
Recorded:	May 1979
Studio:	Bombay Rock, Melbourne
Genre:	Rock
Length:	65:42
Label:	OZ Records
Producer:	Ross Wilson
Next Title:	Chemistry
Next Year:	1981

Primal Park is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in October 1979 and peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report.^[1] The album is a mixture of live recordings (tracks 1, 6–9) and studio recordings (tracks 2–5). It spawned the non-charting singles "Searching for My Baby" and "Primal Park", both of which were studio recordings. In 2009, the album was remastered and included eight bonus tracks.^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Question Time" (Gunther Gorman) – 3:38
2. "Down to Earth" (Kim Fowley, Ross Wilson) – 4:06
3. "Primal Park" (David Pepperell, R. Wilson) – 4:15
4. "Searching for My Baby" (R. Wilson) – 2:52
5. "Tell Me" (Iain McLennan) – 4:21

Side B

1. "Toughen Up" (R. Wilson) – 3:45
2. "Down Down" Down Down (R. Wilson) – 4:29
3. "The Rebel" (R. Wilson, Tony Slavich) – 5:26
4. "Live Wire" – The Mondo Shakedown (R. Wilson, Simon Gyllies) – 6:56

2009 Bonus tracks – Singles A's And B's 1978/79

1. "The Fugitive Kind" (R. Wilson, T. Slavich) – 3:35
2. "The Breaking Point" (I. McLennan) – 4:57
3. "Send Me Someone" (R. Wilson) – 3:18
4. "Love Shock" (Peter Laffy, R. Wilson) – 3:10
5. "Don't You Lie to Me" (Chuck Berry) – 2:51
6. "Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) – 4:56
7. "Telephone Booth" (R. Wilson, Stephen Cummings) – 3:16
8. "Perhaps Perhaps" (R. Wilson, S. Cummings) – 3:11

Personnel

Mondo Rock:

• Ross Wilson – vocals, harmonica
• Randy Bulpin – guitar, slide guitar
• Peter Laffy – guitar, vocals
• Rex Bullen – keyboards (tracks 2-5 only)
• Simon Gyllies – bass
• Iain McLennan – drums

also:

• Tony Slavich – keyboards (on bonus tracks 10, 11)
• Gil Matthews – drums (on bonus tracks 14–17)

with:

• Sunil De Silva – percussion
• Eddie Rayner – synthesizer
• Andrew Bell – additional vocals

Production team:

• Producer – Ross Wilson
• Engineers – Ern Rose and Jim Barton (tracks 1, 6-9: recorded live at Le Club Bombay Rock, Melbourne, 18 May 1979)
• Engineers – Mal Devenish, Richard Lush, Tony Cohen (tracks 2–5)
• Mixed by – Ross Cockle

Notes and References

1. http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/primal-park-by-mondo-rock Mondo Rock - Primal Park at Australian Music Database
2. Web site: Mondo Rock - Primal Park (Remastered). iTunes Australia. 22 July 2017.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 205. 0-646-11917-6. .